What happened on October 5th in Middle-earth?
Strider and the hobbits reach the feet of the Weather Hills. Gandalf and the hobbits take leave of Bilbo and say farewell to Elrond and his household. Elrond tells Frodo to watch for him in the Shire at this time of year in the near future. They leave Rivendell, riding slowly.
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Sources:
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fondstad
Unfinished Tales by JRR Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien
The History of the Hobbit, edited by John D Rateliff
Artwork by Ralph Damiani, Mark Balazic, Ivan Cavini, and Luca Micelucci
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